Iron Center, Missouri

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Iron Center is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community was located adjacent to the railroad on what is now Missouri Route ZZ (old Route 66) approximately three miles southwest of Cuba. [2]

Iron Center was a shipping point of iron, hence the name. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Iron Center, Missouri
  2. Cuba, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1928
  3. "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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